MP Game: How bad is too bad?

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Originally Posted by Nasser

"Heh, this mook is so bad I don't know why he even bothers."

*grabs fistfull of cheetoes*

"I know. Rather than give him some pointers in the spirit of good sportsmanship I'll passive-aggressively call him out on the forums and then he'll feel really bad."

Hello troll. I don't know what a 'cheetoe' is, but I presume you're attempting to cast me as a geeky basement dwelling misanthrope. How constructive. How original.

This thread isn't out to make anyone feel bad. But to be clear, I wouldn't care if someone completely incompetent read it and felt bad. They should. Maybe it would motivate them to improve. Or put them off joining games. I think either would be beneficial.

I was actually interested to see what the community felt on the subject, since stalers are routinely subbed out without their consent and in terms of game balance, there's no difference between someone not playing and someone playing so badly that they have no discernable impact.

I would consider listening to advice and actively seeking to improve to be signs that someone is not a bad player, regardless of their performance in a given game. So the thread isn't about them. But frankly you shouldn't need advice to play at a basic level (expanding from your cap for instance). This basic level is, I would argue, expected of anyone who signs up to play. You shouldn't need to be told /after/ a game of football starts, that the objective is to kick the ball into the opposing team's goal.

Honestly some people here are so ready to get in a flap about 'elitism' that they just don't listen. We are not talking about a regular new player making mistakes here.